The Battle Beyond-Fighting and Winning the Coming War in Space - Sun Tzu and the Art of War Applied to Space War - Volum Paul Szymanski Author

As with most military planning, we fight the last wars that we understand well. That is probably the biggest problem outer space warfighters have in conceptualizing how a future conflict might play out. We just have not had that much experience in true space warfare. This makes it very difficult to predict how such combat will actually occur. Much as the concepts of air power were being developed in the 1920's-30, the true power of space warfare is currently not well understood. To help solve these strategic issues, the author has initiated a study to extrapolate warfare principles from the Chinese military philosopher, Sun Tzu's (544 BC - 496 BC) Art of War, to space warfare strategies, objectives and tasks. This study is only a third completed analyzing these principles, but the author has already derived 740 individual space strategies based on this ancient Art of War. This briefing will report on the current status of this important study that will help mold strategic thinking and impact the future of outer space warfare. Due to the uniqueness of these space strategies, the author assesses that just implementing one or two of these strategies will be sufficient to win the next space conflict.